Planting-plow



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J. LANE.

' PLANTING PLOW. No; 250,153. Patented N 0v .'29,1881.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LANE, OF HYDE PARK, ASSIGNOR TO THE HAPGOOD PLOW COMPANY,

. OF ALTON, ILLINOIS.

PLANTING-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 250,153 dated November 29, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN LANE, of Hyde Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Planting-Flows, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My improvement relates to planting-plows, and has for its object the construction of the covering-blades in such a manner as to more effectually cover the seed than heretofore.

My invention consists in an improved construction of eoverin g-blades, and in the manner of attaching the drill-tooth to the beam, all as hereinafter shown.

Figure l is a top view of a planting-plow, showing how my improvements are arranged, also showing how the covering-blades D are curved toward the ridge-row center with their rear ends twisted. Fig. 2 is a vertical section view of the planting-plow, showing how the curved blades 'D are bent and curved edgewise.

D D are my improved covering-blades, consisting of thin steel plate bent curved edgewise as asegment of a circle, the forward part curved, sloping downwardinto the soil, thence curved toward the ridge-row center and the rear part twisted, the bottom edge to the rear of the top edge, as shown in the drawings. My improved covering-blades are such as to scoop out a small furrow or trench on each side of the planted row, and move the soil into a ridge over the planted seed, and compactly press and smooth the soil on both sides of the ridge, leaving the soil at the center of the ridge unpacked and a trench formed on both sides of the ridge, whereby the rain and water will run in the trenches and not wash away the ridge and not settle over the planting, and

thereby avoiding the cake hardening of the soil over the planting, as where water settles.

The bars (I d consist of bars of iron bent as shown in the drawings, their forward ends embracing and bolted to the beam A, in the rear of which the bars have an offset, 6, outward, as shown in Fig. 1, and their rear ends are bent downward, supporting the rear part of the blades D. as shown in Fig. 2, and in the ofi'set of the bars (1 are perforations in which the bolts 9 g are placed, and, with the bar It, forming a clasp, securing the drill-tooth O to the beam A, as is clearly shown in the drawings.

I do not herein make claim to the beam A, as I have in another application for a patent, filed on same date with this, in which I have claimed the construction of the foot end of the beam here shown.

Having thus set forth myinvention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The covering-blades D, curved and twisted as shown, sloping downward in front, where they enter the soil, thence curved toward the ridge-row, and thence curved upward, and the rear part twisted, the bottom edge to the rear of the top edge, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the plow-beam A and the drag-bars d, united to the beam A with bolts or rivets, as shown, with the bolts 9, seated in the offset 6, and the drill-tooth O, and with the bar h, supporting and securing the drill-tooth in position on the heel of the beam, substantially as and for the purpose set7 forth.

JOHN LANE. Witnesses:

E. L. LANE, M. BARKER. 

